Buckle-fastening.



PATBNTED DEC. 1, 1903.

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THOMAS MORTON, OF BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND.

BUCKLE-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 745,884, dated December1, 1903.

Application filed August 21. 1903. Serial No. 170,360. (No model.)

To all whom, it incl/y concern:

Beitknown that I, THOMAS MORTON, a subject of the King of Great Britain,and a resident of Brearley street, in the city of Birmingham, England,have invented new and useful Improvements in Buckle-Fastenings, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in buckles which are primarilyintended for use in connection with stocking-suspenders, but which maybe also used for other similar bands; and its object is to provideimproved means whereby the ends of the band may be readily connected tosuch buckles. I attain this object by the arrangement of partsillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a frontview of the invention. Fig. 2 is a front view of the invention, showingthe band connected thereto. Fig. 3 shows a sectional View of the buckleand band on line A B, Fig. 2.

5 is the buckle, in which is pierced the two slots 6 6, thus leaving themiddle bar 7 between them. In this middle bar is formed the gap 8. Theone end of the band 9 is therefore connected to the buckle asfollows:.'1he end of the band is doubled and stitched at 10 so as toform the loop 11. This'loop is now passed through the gap 8 onto thelower part of the bar 7, and then the upper part of the said loop isthreaded back onto the upper part of the bar 7, when it will appear asseen in Fig. 2. The band may be further passed through another slot-hole12, if desired. Upon the outer side of the said buckle I further formthe hook-like arm 13, preferably with its openway 14 lying downward, sothat the loop 15 ot the band 9 may be readily passed onto the said arm.At the lower part of the buckle the piercing 16 is made by which isformed the bar 17. It will now be readily understood that when theweight of the stocking, for instance, is carried from the bar 17 by aband (indicated by dotted lines at 18) the pull upon the buckle isdownward, and therefore prevents any tendency of the loop 15 from comingoff the arm 13.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A buckle comprising a plate provided with a pair of slots arranged inclose relation to each otherand communicating by a gap, and said platefurther provided with a hookshaped arm at one side, a slot at a pointremoved from said pair of slots and an opening near its bottom edge.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

THOMAS MORTON.

Witnesses:

C. HAYWARD POWELL, N. Goonwm.

